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Alert as fake ketamine found in UK
A DANGEROUS new designer drug has been discovered in the UK for the first time.
Super-strength fake ketamine was found when students fell ill after taking a substance they thought was the Class B drug.
Fiona Measham, a criminology professor and director of drug Nottinghamshire Cleveland
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Surrey Merseyside 1,068 Greater Manchester 367 Metropolitan Police 6,148 safety testing group The Loop, revealed the findings after samples were brought into a mobile testing centre in Durham.
She said the 2-FDCK substance was 50 per cent stronger than ketamine and lasted up to three times as long – raising fears users could be put at risk.
Ms Measham said: “It was first 581 239 883 189 438
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20.9% 20.7% 20.4% 15.9% 13.4% 28.0% 25.2% 24.9% identified in Europe in 2016. It is the first time that this drug has been identified in the UK.”
The Loop believes the fake drug may also be on sale in Manchester.
The organisation said sales of the fake drug mirror the supply of fentanyl, a stronger chemical copy of heroin which has led to tens of thousands of deaths in the US.